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The UM-BILD Accelerator is accepting applications for Cohort 2 Pilot Grants through Sept. 3. PIs from @UMBaltimore, @UMBC, and @MorganStateU are eligible. Learn more about the program and find application details at umaryland.edu/um-bild
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Over the last year, @UMVentures Baltimore has made three investments in a diverse mix of companies: Gliknik, Sonosa Medical, and Protaryx Medical. Learn more about UM Ventures' recent activity:
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Congrats to Matthew Eason, 2nd prize winner in the 2024 Graduate Translational Research Award, part of the @UMBGradSchool's annual Graduate Research Conference. Read more about Matthew’s project and the award: bit.ly/UMVB-Eason
Congrats to Eman Mirdamadi, 1st prize winner in the 2024 Graduate Translational Research Award, part of the @UMBGradSchool's annual Graduate Research Conference. Read more about Eman's project, which included a collab w/the @FischellInstUMD, and the award: bit.ly/UMVB-Eman
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After nearly 12 years of innovation, research, and continued growth, TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) has announced enhancements to the influential program.
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Exciting updates for @NextStepRobo: new board members, FDA registration of their device, winning the @UMD_Dingman pitch competition, and raising a new investment round. Read all about it at bit.ly/3QKdRee
.@UMBaltimore startup @CoapTech announced the market launch and 1st bedside use case of the 2nd gen design of its magnetic balloon catheter, a key component of the PUMA-G System. A collab w/@TLaunchport is keeping manufacturing in Baltimore. Read more: bit.ly/3TmSQGY
The 3rd annual UMMC/UMB Innovation Challenge Award recipients have been announced! Seven submissions were selected, with each receiving an award of up to $125k. Check out the winners here: bit.ly/47qX19J
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Does your therapeutic or device require regulatory approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Next week’s Innovation @ UMB session will focus on navigating the FDA’s regulatory landscape as an entrepreneur. Register at bit.ly/UMBInno-Jan
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We are proud to announce that @UMBaltimore and @Univ_System_MD @MDMomentumFund joined @WexfordSciTech Fund, @abellfoundation and others to invest in Irazú Oncology's outer membrane vesicle (OMV) cancer vaccines platform usmd.edu/newsroom/news/2385
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It's not too late -- join us today at 2 pm! For more information, visit bit.ly/UMBInno-Dec
Interested in seeing a prototyping lab @UMBaltimore?
Now's your chance! See project examples and get hands-on experience with @UMVentures's state-of-the-art rapid prototyping equipment. You'll also hear from our engineers Kevin Aroom and Ryan Smith!
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Announced today: @UMBaltimore startup, @glycomantra, received a $3.7M SBIR Phase II award from @NIDDKgov to help them advance their pipeline of therapeutics for #mCRPC, #T2D, and #MASH liver fibrosis. Read more at bit.ly/GlycoMantra-SBIR
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In new @NSF HERD survey, the University of Maryland ranks No. 11 for research among public institutions.@UofMaryland & @UMBaltimore are linked as one research enterprise in the survey and reported combined research expenditures of almost $1.23 billion. umaryland.edu/news/archived-…
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UMB has received a $4 million @NIH grant shared with @UMBC to establish the University of Maryland, Baltimore Life Science Discovery (UM-BILD) Accelerator in @umbiopark and at bwtech@UMBC. The proof-of-concept hub is 1 of only 5 such NIH hubs in the U.S. ow.ly/bR1z50Qavl4
Exciting news from @UMBaltimore: @UMBioPark-based Irazú Oncology has licensed a novel @UMmedschool vaccine technology to help advance their oncology vaccine platform; the lead vaccine candidate is for colorectal cancer. Read more at bit.ly/UMB-Irazu
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UMB has received $2.75 million to fund a research lab and two research professorships through the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund, administered by @MDBiz.
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ALT Clockwise from left, J. Marc Sinard, Meg Woodside and Bruce Jarrell, Karen J. Ivers, and Mark Reynolds.
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Fischell Institute engineer, Ryan Smith, was featured in an @UMVentures article for helping Develop Medical Device Technologies at @UMBaltimore
Keep up the great work, Ryan!
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Dr. Paul Yi, Director of the UM Medical Intelligent Imaging Center, reminds us of the challenges in using AI in health care: "AI algorithms can be biased, performing differently on diverse groups. In medicine, a wrong diagnosis can mean life or death." umms.com/45SzezD
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1/3 We’re thrilled to see the Innovation Economy Infrastructure Act signed into law and the @MDBiz Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program established.
